Usually when Kanye is upset, its because he didn’t win an award, but this time, its over the loss of his mother, who passed away last week from health issues arising from recent plastic surgery that has left her former surgeon at the eye of a press storm teeming with accusations. Kanye, who has been reported to be very grief stricken and withdrawn(even opting to skip his mothers memorial service), surprised fans by performing this last Saturday, but things did not come easy for the rapper…..

At the end of the show, he took a moment to dedicate a song to his mother, called “Hey Mama” off one of his earlier albums, but upon speaking the word “mother” Kanye completely lost it and couldn’t do much more than stand there and cry. He left the stage, but came back to sing a hyped version of “Stronger”, one concert goer said this of the event:

“He just cracked,” one attendee tells PEOPLE, “He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely.”
“He said the word, ‘Mother’ and just couldn’t go any further,” Le Parisien journalist Meddy Magloire said. “A back-up singer, the DJ and a guitar player came over to console him. It looked like he might collapse. He just couldn’t continue. He just stood there in a spotlight, crying while the band continued playing.”

The band restarted the song, but West left the stage, returning after 10-15 minutes to conclude the concert with a rousing performance of “Stronger.”
“He was very nervous, seemed to have gathered himself up, and had a lot of energy,” Magloire says. “He kept shouting out to the audience, ‘I need you… I need you right now.’ and the public was screaming back. It was magic.”

Kudos to Kanye for trying to move forward, and give his fans a show, even while he is grieving because a lot of performers cancel shows over a lot less, and hopefully returning to his tour will keep his mind busy and off the death of his mother.

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